CHANDIGARH, Feb. 13 -- The Union ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) has clarified that long-pending issues affecting industrial units in Chandigarh's Industrial Area, including restrictive Floor Area Ratio (FAR) norms, defective land titles, leasehold constraints and widespread building violation and misuse notices, fall primarily under the jurisdiction of the Chandigarh administration and the Ministry of home affairs (MHA), offering no immediate relief on several core demands of industry stakeholders.

In a written reply to an unstarred question by MP Manish Tewari in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Minister of State for MSME Shobha Karandlaje said that promotion and development of industrial areas is a state subject, and...